Mucosal Microbiota and Metabolome in the Ileum of Hu Sheep Offered a Low-Grain, Pelleted or Non-pelleted High-Grain Diet

Alterations in mucosal microbiota and metabolites are critical to intestinal homeostasis and host health. This study used a combination of 16S rRNA gene sequencing and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC/MS) to investigate mucosal microbiota and their metabolic profiles in the ileum of Hu sh...

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Main Authors: Ruiyang Zhang, Zhiqiang Zhong, Huiting Ma, Limei Lin, Fei Xie, Shengyong Mao, David M. Irwin, Zhe Wang, Shuyi Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.718884/full